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Items by Hani Beshr
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The issues that have been postponed until after the US elections
Countries are treating the US elections like corporate employees treat the fiscal year. The closer the end of this year approaches, the slower decisions are made and the process of transferring important issues and projects to the new year begins, with new budgets and a new plan. This is...
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British apologies to Muslims aren’t free
It is better for an apology to made late rather than never. But there is a big difference between an apology made by a person or institution after discovering they had made a mistake and an apology based on a court order. Yet this is what happened with two...
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Documenting crimes in Egypt's notorious Scorpion Prison
A very important international human rights report was published a few days ago by America’s Human Rights Watch. Called “We live in tombs”, it took many months to prepare and it looks at the maximum security Tora Prison, known in Egypt as “Scorpion Prison”. The importance of this report stems...